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gloats

gloats is the plural of gloat.

gloats is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gloat.

Meaning of gloat

Noun

gloat (plural gloats)

  1. An act or instance of gloating.
    • They spun wildly on their heels, jodelling after the accepted manner of a 'gloat,' which is not unremotely allied to the primitive man's song of triumph […]1899, Rudyard Kipling, Stalky & Co, page 13

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Questions about gloats

What is gloats the plural of?
Gloats is the plural of gloat.

Words near gloats in the dictionary

  1. gloatily
  2. gloatiness
  3. gloating
  4. gloatingly
  5. gloatings
  6. gloats
  7. gloaty
  8. glob
  9. global
  10. global affairs
  11. global boiling

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